Name-piece for umbrellas



W. W. DECKEFL' NAME PIECE FOR UMBRELLAS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. 1919- 1 34 1 0, PatentedJuly 20, 1920 WALTER-W. DECKER, or MINNEAPOLIS, r/iInnEsoTA.

NAME-PIECE FOR. U -BR LLAS,

Application. filediseptember 19, 1919; SeriaYNo: 324,935. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ar/Jinn W. DECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and tate of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Name- Pieces for Umbrellas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an extremely simple and highly eflicient name piece for umbrellas adapted to be easily interlocked thereto in such manner that it cannot be readily removed; and to such ends, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

1 The device is in the nature of a sectional sleeve made up of a channel member and a slide, adapted to be placed around the umbrella rod or stem adjacent to the handle thereof and to be there secured in such manner that it cannot be removed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings;

Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of an umbrella and showing my improved name piece interlocked to the stem thereof;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the name piece showing the sections thereof separated; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Of the parts of the umbrella, it is only desirable to particularly note the rod or stem 4, the handle 5, the spreader ribs 6, the sleeve 7, which operates to spread the ribs, and the spring latch 8 which secures the sleeve 7 in its lower position, all of the said parts being of the usual or any suitable con- .struction.

The name piece, as indicated, is made up of a channel member 9 and a slide 10. The channel member 9 has internal grooves 11 that receive the reduced edges 12 of the slide 10, andpermit the slide to be moved longitudinally into the channel member. Above its edge flanges 12, slide 10 has a raised portion formed with lock notches 13 that are adapted to be engaged by lock lugs 14 on the intermediate portions of the inturned edges of the channel members 9. The front end ofthe raised portion of'slide' iO is tapered or beveled at 15 so that when the slide is forced into the channed, its end portion 15 will act as a cam to spread the lugs 14 and spring the sides of the channel, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, until the notches 13 are alined with the lugs 14, and whereupon thesaid lugs will spring into the said notches to positively lock the two elements 9 and 10 of the name piece together.

f course, the

channel will be placed around the stem 7 of the umbrella between the handle 5 and latch 8 before the slide is driven into the same and interlocked therewith, as above described. hen this is done, it will be practically impossible to separate the two elements of the name piece without breaking the channel.

The owners name may be stamped or otherwise marked on one of the sections of the so-called name piece and his address or other additional matter may be applied to the other member. The marker or name piece applied as described does not in any way deface or mar the umbrella, is entirely out of the way and affords a very good, simple and efficient means for marking an um brella so that it may be identified. The marker will be held on the lower portion of the stem or rod 4 by the latch 8, and it is of such length that it does not interfere with the downward movement of the sleeve 7. I

To make the sections of the name piece tightly and closely fit the rod or stem of the umbrella, they are provided with internal grooves of approximately semi-cylindrical extent. Preferably, also, the marker is made of nearly rectangular cross section with the corners of the channel member beveled or cut off so that in cross section the device is then given an approximately octagonalform.

What I claim is:

1. A name piece for umbrellas comprising a channel-shaped member and a slide movable in the normally open side of said channel-shaped member, said, slide and the sides of said channel-shaped member having cooperating lugs and lock notchesadapted to spring into interlocking engagement.

2. A name piece for umbrellas comprising a channel-shaped member having inturned flanges, and longitudinal grooves inward thereof, and a slide having reduced edge flanges slidable into the grooves of said channel-shaped member, and having a raised portion above its edge flanges, said internal 3. A name piece for umbrellas comprising a channel-shaped member having inturned flanges, and longitudinal grooves inward thereof, and a slide havlng reduced edge flanges shdable 1nto the grooves of said channel-shaped member, and having a ralsed portion above 1ts edge flanges, said internal 10 flanges and the raised portion of saidslide having interlocking lugs and notches, the raised portion of said slide at one end being tapered to afford a cam for spreading said lugs.

in testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of two witnesses.

WVALTER V. DECKER. Witnesses:

EVA E. KoNIe, HARRY D. KILGORE. 

